The power of photography

wow. some of those images are pretty horrific but for me, that's what proper photojournalism is about, they make you stop and think about issues and people and not just enjoy the 'pretty colours'.
 
WOw Vulcan the images really portray a sad end this poor guys life ,I think a tour of high schools should be the next step .
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A very powerful set of images, they carry a very strong message. Good find if somewhat disturbing.
 
Apart from the obvious message..it made me think of photography in general.When does exposure,composition,rule of thirds etc become irrelevant,Sometimes is all about the story.

In the pursuit of progress technically,I think we(at least I do)overlook what a powerful tool we have in our cameras and photography on the whole and that sometimes we just need to point it in the right direction and not over complicate things.
 
Vulkan75 said:
Apart from the obvious message..it made me think of photography in general.When does exposure,composition,rule of thirds etc become irrelevant,Sometimes is all about the story.

In the pursuit of progress technically,I think we(at least I do)overlook what a powerful tool we have in our cameras and photography on the whole and that sometimes we just need to point it in the right direction and not over complicate things.
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i agree about it being the story but in this case the pictures have been taken very well with some great shadows and angles that someone unskilled most likely wouldn't have taken.
 
That's both moving and horrific! Fantastic piece of social documentary and I agree with the comments about when the "norm" rules of photography fly out the window.
 
Very moving images there.
 
very emotional pics .. I want to say great pics.. but it dont feel right..I must say though, it was one of the most moving set of pics I have seen in a long time.. tragic.. should be put up for all youngsters to see...

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very powerful images more powerful than any add campaign
 
Very powerful set of images, question would be, could you sit there and see the suffering caused of something that is self inflicted????

Darren
 
Darren9330 said:
Very powerful set of images, question would be, could you sit there and see the suffering caused of something that is self inflicted????

Darren
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personally i probably couldnt, but this guy obviously could
 
Powerful stuff....beautiful images in their own way, photojournalism in the real sense.
 
This is probably the second most powerful story told through images i've seen. The most powerful being Phillip Toledano's 'Days With My Father'.

Very moving.
 
Maybe I've missed something, but I don't see anything on that web site that tells me how and when the photos were taken. And without that, to me there isn't a story - just a set of pictures which may genuinely depict an AIDS sufferer, now deceased, or may have been posed/staged. How are we supposed to tell the difference? (And does it matter?)
 
TriggerHappy said:
This is probably the second most powerful story told through images i've seen. The most powerful being Phillip Toledano's 'Days With My Father'.

Very moving.
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:agree:
Days With My Father is rightly a very well respected piece of work.
 
StewartR said:
Maybe I've missed something, but I don't see anything on that web site that tells me how and when the photos were taken. And without that, to me there isn't a story - just a set of pictures which may genuinely depict an AIDS sufferer, now deceased, or may have been posed/staged. How are we supposed to tell the difference? (And does it matter?)
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The story is obvious.......A drug addict contracts aids lives a miserable exsistance and dies a horrific death.

There are no need for words here....not journalistic or technical.Whether the photographs were staged or not is irrelevant as the story and the message made through images is spectacularly powerful.

I suspect that to stage something that convinvingly would be nothing short of a miracle.
That said they were taken by a well know German photojournalist Ralf Brunner who recieved many a plaudit and award for his "aids life with death work in 1993.

The point you missed: this is a story without words
 
Nice shots. depressing subject matter for which I have no sympathy.

Why? Out cry! I hear you say. After doing 7 years Scenes of Crime for the old bill I've seen the lives these addict wasters have ruined. not just their family who have to watch and suffer. but also the people who's lives they ruin when they burgle and steal and mug. No sympathy at all.
 
Im with you to a point.

It is however a desperate state of affairs that people seem to get themselves in this downward spiral....and that their circumstances in life in some way force them to want to escape it.
The consequences of which are far reaching as you have mentioned......A sad state of affairs all round.
 
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